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Shell Creek Bridge

Big Horn County, Wyoming

Photos 

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Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record

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BH Photo #214422

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Pony truss bridge over Shell Creek on CR 39
Location
Big Horn County, Wyoming
Status
Replaced by a new bridge
History
Built 1920 by the Midland Bridge Co., replaced 2005
Builder
- Midland Bridge Co. of Kansas City, Missouri
Design
Warren pony truss
Dimensions
Span length: 62.0 ft.
Total length: 62.0 ft.
Recognition
Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on February 22, 1985
Also called
EJE Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+44.53467, -107.80236   (decimal degrees)
44°32'05" N, 107°48'08" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
13/277349/4935080 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Shell
Inventory numbers
NRHP 85000415 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
WY EJE (Wyoming bridge identifier)
BH 35724 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Big Horn County, Wyoming (29)
Built 1920 (1,015)
Built during 1920s (9,922)
Lost (24,724)
Lost 2005 (426)
Lost during 2000s (4,183)
Midland Bridge Co. (43)
NR-listed (2,960)
Owned by county (20,783)
 Pony truss (16,182)
Replaced by new bridge (16,572)
Span length 50-75 feet (10,073)
Total length 50-75 feet (9,299)
Truss (32,778)
Warren pony truss (3,358)
Warren truss (6,564)
Wyoming (369)

Update Log 

  • September 20, 2011: Photos imported by James Baughn

Sources 

  • HAER WY-72 - Shell Creek Bridge, County Road 57, Shell vicinity, Big Horn, WY

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